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Her fingers tightened She was not pleased that Kata had outain

She dare not allow the little bitch to awaken, and yet she could not simply allow her to die

Not when there was still the possibility that Marika could rule the world

"Careful, Sergei, you’re not the only

"You can’t ei’s expression twisted with a jealous hatred of the rival ician who hasn’t been worth a damn since he lost his imp apprentice"

"He would serve my purpose"

The pale eyes flashed with annoyance at hertaunt

"Yes, but could he serve you?" he hit back, his insolent gaze running a path down her curves exposed by the thinmistress, Marika"

It was a valid point Few ht in her arms Not that they complained Most of them died with a smile on their face

But she had reached the end of her short patience Her fingers squeezed until they were a breath fro my twin and find out quickly" He hissed in pain "Without delay"

Tane was a vahout the demon world

Rooms emptied when he entered Clan chiefs barricaded themselves in their lairs when he approached their territories His nas

He was the vaood reason

Which put him at the very top of the food chain

A pity all his power and props orth jack shit in the cold, clinging s, he followed Laylah through the thick fog, her aroyle

He’d devoted griain feel like an impotent bystander, no e kind of vamp and his ruthless power made certain no one questioned his authority

Now a pint-sizedhi ancient sensations he’d buried along with his ?" he delance over her shoulder "I just furowled low in his throat "Laylah"

With a sigh she returned her attention to the densewith a confidence that set Tane’s teeth on edge

It was bad enough to be stuck in the bizarro place without being able to see if there were any dangers lurking nearby

"What do you wantI can explain I think of the location I want to go and start walking Eventually I sense that I’rimaced It wasn’t exactly an explanation that offered co offer co when he’d tried to stop Laylah fro?

He always allowed his warrior’s instinct to guide him It was the only way to survive for nearly a thousand years So why hadn’t his instinct warned him to allow Laylah to escape with a wave of his hand and a pat on his back for being rid of the nagging, ill-tempered female?

Because when she was near it wasn’t his warrior’s instinct that was driving him, but an instinct far one far beyond his duty to track down a stray Jinn rel Not even Styx would have blamed him if he’d chosen to return to his lair and report that the fe for his life

As Charon he was expected to hunt down those rare vas or alcohol Few creatures knew that a vampire could become addicted, or that it would eventually drive them to madness

And it was up to him to keep it that way, not to chase after Laylah like a hound in heat

So why had he?

His gaze lowered to her slender body barely covered by the shorts that snugly cupped her perfect booty and the uise the softher pressed beneath his wrapped around his waist …

His gut twisted with a ravaging need he hadn’t felt in centuries

Shit

He didn’t knohy this particular woed to bewitch him to the point of reckless stupidity

All he truly kneas that he’d let his cock do the thinking instead of his brain and it had led hiered more with hi their destination, Tane er as if it could steet out?"